10925 - GUITAR PETE - BAD INTENTIONS (2013) (REPOST)

GUITAR PETE
''BAD INTENTIONS''
NOVEMBER 1 2013
61:57

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1 Bad Intentions 6:48
2 Creepin' 9:13
3 Goin' Down to Mexico 5:23
4 Crawlin' Back 6:04
5 Snake Pit 6:09
6 Marked Man 7:56
7 Warning 7:33
8 Poppa's Hideaway 3:42
9 Wasted 9:04

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Guitar Pete Brasino/Guitars, Vocals
Mitch Haft/Bass
Anthony Bernardo/Drums

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ALBUM NOTES
CDBABY
Killer new studio disc by this bad-ass blues/rock axeripper from N.Y.C.
featuring 9 tracks (62 mins.) of brain-damaging, retro-70s, blues-based
heavy guitar power trio riffage complete with extended, over-the-top,
face-melting, lead guitar jams that rock the blues with raw, wild abandon.
Guitar Pete Brasino is a relentless lead guitar animal who destroys and
devours everything in his path. The man is a fearless guitar warrior on a
"world domination" mission to Keep the Rock alive, wielding a fierce
six string weapon of mass destruction on the "Bad Intentions" disc.

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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Evan Cater
Pete Brasino has been playing his rock & roll-flavored brand of blues ever since he was in high school. He began to teach himself to play guitar as a 16-year-old and within six months he had become so proficient with the instrument that his classmates dubbed him Guitar Pete -- the nickname that would become his performing name. Another significant leftover from those early days is his playing style. Because he never had a guitar instructor, the left-handed musician never learned how to string the guitar the way a southpaw traditionally would. Instead, he plays upside down and backwards, holding the guitar lefty but using right-handed fingerings. Brasino's early heavy metal albums, released under the name Guitar Pete's Axe Attack, were not commercial successes, but they caught the attention of high-profile music industry professionals and eventually led to a 1994 recording deal for Brasino's band, Snakeyed Sue. The band's first record was produced by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiro, producers whose resumes included work with Blues Traveler, Guns N' Roses, and Aretha Franklin. Snakeyed Sue dissolved shortly after the album's release, but four years later, Guitar Pete returned with a solo effort Burning Bridges that provided a showcase for his powerhouse blues sound.

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10924 - GUITAR PETE - RARE TRACKS (2013) (REPOST)

GUITAR PETE
''RARE TRACKS''
RECORDED BETWEEN THE YEARS 1984-2008
NOVEMBER 1 2013
52:46

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1 Axecaliber Radio Id 0:46
2 Mudslinger (Version #56) 4:31
3 Fire and Rain (Version #13) 5:10
4 Ashes & Sunshine 3:47
5 A Lotta Nerve 8:11
6 Grooveyard Boogie 3:12
7 Lucky Me (Version #69) 4:50
8 Snakebitten 2:57
9 Bad Mood 6:08
10 Swamp Thing 8:03
11 The Stranger 5:10
All Tracks By Guitar Pete

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All Instruments & Vocals By Guitar Pete

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ALBUM NOTES
BY CDBABY
A collection of rare unreleased tracks & jams recorded through the years
by this way-kool, bad-ass, killer blues/rock axeripper from New Your City.
Includes 11 tracks of raw, muscular, in-your-face, six string rock with a
Leslie West meets Hendrix meets Billy Gibbons vibe. Dig deep and smell
the serious blues-based, ball bustin', ass kickin', retro-70s heavy guitar
rock riffage & six string mojo on the GUITAR PETE: "Rare Tracks" disc.

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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Evan Cater
Pete Brasino has been playing his rock & roll-flavored brand of blues ever since he was in high school. He began to teach himself to play guitar as a 16-year-old and within six months he had become so proficient with the instrument that his classmates dubbed him Guitar Pete -- the nickname that would become his performing name. Another significant leftover from those early days is his playing style. Because he never had a guitar instructor, the left-handed musician never learned how to string the guitar the way a southpaw traditionally would. Instead, he plays upside down and backwards, holding the guitar lefty but using right-handed fingerings. Brasino's early heavy metal albums, released under the name Guitar Pete's Axe Attack, were not commercial successes, but they caught the attention of high-profile music industry professionals and eventually led to a 1994 recording deal for Brasino's band, Snakeyed Sue. The band's first record was produced by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiro, producers whose resumes included work with Blues Traveler, Guns N' Roses, and Aretha Franklin. Snakeyed Sue dissolved shortly after the album's release, but four years later, Guitar Pete returned with a solo effort Burning Bridges that provided a showcase for his powerhouse blues sound.

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10923 - GUITAR PETE - MEAN STREETS (2008) (REPOST)

GUITAR PETE
''MEAN STREETS''
OCTOBER 18 2008
55:18

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1 Fire and Rain 5:36
2 Lipstick & Gasoline 4:29
3 Found Guilty 6:45 (Anthony Bernardo, Pete Brasino)
4 One Foot in the Grave 5:03
5 Slugger's Row 5:35
6 One Sunny Day 4:01
7 Rock Bottom 3:56
8 A Long Way Down 4:14 (Anthony Bernardo, Pete Brasino)
9 Lucky Me 5:03 (Anthony Bernardo, Pete Brasino)
10 Shattered Paradise 10:36
Tracks By Pete Brasino, Except As Indicated

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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Evan Cater
Pete Brasino has been playing his rock & roll-flavored brand of blues ever since he was in high school. He began to teach himself to play guitar as a 16-year-old and within six months he had become so proficient with the instrument that his classmates dubbed him Guitar Pete -- the nickname that would become his performing name. Another significant leftover from those early days is his playing style. Because he never had a guitar instructor, the left-handed musician never learned how to string the guitar the way a southpaw traditionally would. Instead, he plays upside down and backwards, holding the guitar lefty but using right-handed fingerings. Brasino's early heavy metal albums, released under the name Guitar Pete's Axe Attack, were not commercial successes, but they caught the attention of high-profile music industry professionals and eventually led to a 1994 recording deal for Brasino's band, Snakeyed Sue. The band's first record was produced by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiro, producers whose resumes included work with Blues Traveler, Guns N' Roses, and Aretha Franklin. Snakeyed Sue dissolved shortly after the album's release, but four years later, Guitar Pete returned with a solo effort Burning Bridges that provided a showcase for his powerhouse blues sound.

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10922 - GUITAR PETE - BURNING BRIDGES (1998) (REPOST)

GUITAR PETE
''BURNING BRIDGES''
OCTOBER 6 1998
43:26

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1/Turnin' Off
Guitar Pete/3:46
2/Jellyfish
Guitar Pete/2:44
3/Mustang Sally
Bonny "Mack" Rice / Sir Mack Rice/3:42
4/Do You Hear the Rain
Guitar Pete/5:43
5/J.B. Shuffle
Guitar Pete/3:43
6/Drifting
Guitar Pete/4:28
7/Makes No Sense
Guitar Pete/6:24
8/Chillin'
Guitar Pete/4:04
9/Rainmaker
Anthony Bernardo/2:58
10/Gasoline
Guitar Pete/5:54

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Ray Arias /Bass
Anthony Bernardo /Drums, Percussion
Diane Cameron /Vocals (Background)
Charlie Giordano /Keyboards
Guitar Pete /Guitar, Producer, Vocals
Rich Johnson /Harp
Deborah McGriff /Vocals (Background)

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REVIEW/AMG
Evan Cater
Burning Bridges is a pretty apt title for Guitar Pete's incendiary solo debut. The artist keeps his namesake instrument blazing throughout the record, which essentially amounts to 43 minutes of gloriously shameless showboating. Pete is not a particularly talented vocalist; his booming, throaty bass is well-suited to the blues, but it would hardly earn him a recording deal on its own. On some tracks, he seems to give up entirely on the idea of singing, resorting instead to shouting the words rhythmically. Two of the album's best tracks ("J.B. Shuffle" and "Chillin'") are instrumental tunes that allow the guitar to wail for itself in a smoldering tizzy of dexterous showmanship. The album's sound is remarkably three dimensional for a three-piece band (Guitar Pete is joined by Anthony Bernardo on drums and Marc B. Gilman on bass guitar) playing a series of more or less run-of-the-mill Chicago-style blues songs. That's because Pete's fretwork is so dense and multi-faceted, letting more than a little '70s jam band influence to crash his ostensibly traditional blues party. This is particularly true in his explosive take on the familiar blues-rock tune "Mustang Sally" and in the smoky rhythm and blues number "Do You Hear the Rain." Burning Bridges is not a brilliant album; it has no pretensions to greatness. It is simply straightforward showmanship and as such it's a pleasure.

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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Evan Cater
Pete Brasino has been playing his rock & roll-flavored brand of blues ever since he was in high school. He began to teach himself to play guitar as a 16-year-old and within six months he had become so proficient with the instrument that his classmates dubbed him Guitar Pete -- the nickname that would become his performing name. Another significant leftover from those early days is his playing style. Because he never had a guitar instructor, the left-handed musician never learned how to string the guitar the way a southpaw traditionally would. Instead, he plays upside down and backwards, holding the guitar lefty but using right-handed fingerings. Brasino's early heavy metal albums, released under the name Guitar Pete's Axe Attack, were not commercial successes, but they caught the attention of high-profile music industry professionals and eventually led to a 1994 recording deal for Brasino's band, Snakeyed Sue. The band's first record was produced by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiro, producers whose resumes included work with Blues Traveler, Guns N' Roses, and Aretha Franklin. Snakeyed Sue dissolved shortly after the album's release, but four years later, Guitar Pete returned with a solo effort Burning Bridges that provided a showcase for his powerhouse blues sound.

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10887 - GUITAR PETE - RAW DEAL (2011) (REPOST)

GUITAR PETE
''RAW DEAL''
OCTOBER 28 2011
55:47

1. Raw Deal/8:22
2. Battle Cry/5:39
3. All Fired Up/5:30
4. Gimme Back My Bullets/6:15
5. Born to Lose/5:35
6. Too Far Gone/5:11
7. Dead and Gone/5:43
8. Mudslinger/4:12
9. Love Me or I'll Kill You/9:19

REVIEW
by Evan Cater
Burning Bridges is a pretty apt title for Guitar Pete's incendiary solo debut. The artist keeps his namesake instrument blazing throughout the record, which essentially amounts to 43 minutes of gloriously shameless showboating. Pete is not a particularly talented vocalist; his booming, throaty bass is well-suited to the blues, but it would hardly earn him a recording deal on its own. On some tracks, he seems to give up entirely on the idea of singing, resorting instead to shouting the words rhythmically. Two of the album's best tracks ("J.B. Shuffle" and "Chillin'") are instrumental tunes that allow the guitar to wail for itself in a smoldering tizzy of dexterous showmanship. The album's sound is remarkably three dimensional for a three-piece band (Guitar Pete is joined by Anthony Bernardo on drums and Marc B. Gilman on bass guitar) playing a series of more or less run-of-the-mill Chicago-style blues songs. That's because Pete's fretwork is so dense and multi-faceted, letting more than a little '70s jam band influence to crash his ostensibly traditional blues party. This is particularly true in his explosive take on the familiar blues-rock tune "Mustang Sally" and in the smoky rhythm and blues number "Do You Hear the Rain." Burning Bridges is not a brilliant album; it has no pretensions to greatness. It is simply straightforward showmanship and as such it's a pleasure.

BIOGRAPHY
by Evan Cater
Pete Brasino has been playing his rock & roll-flavored brand of blues ever since he was in high school. He began to teach himself to play guitar as a 16-year-old and within six months he had become so proficient with the instrument that his classmates dubbed him Guitar Pete -- the nickname that would become his performing name. Another significant leftover from those early days is his playing style. Because he never had a guitar instructor, the left-handed musician never learned how to string the guitar the way a southpaw traditionally would. Instead, he plays upside down and backwards, holding the guitar lefty but using right-handed fingerings. Brasino's early heavy metal albums, released under the name Guitar Pete's Axe Attack, were not commercial successes, but they caught the attention of high-profile music industry professionals and eventually led to a 1994 recording deal for Brasino's band, Snakeyed Sue. The band's first record was produced by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiro, producers whose resumes included work with Blues Traveler, Guns N' Roses, and Aretha Franklin. Snakeyed Sue dissolved shortly after the album's release, but four years later, Guitar Pete returned with a solo effort Burning Bridges that provided a showcase for his powerhouse blues sound.

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10886 - GUITAR PETE LIVE AT THE BLUES WAREHOUSE (2009) (REPOST)

GUITAR PETE
''LIVE AT THE BLUES WAREHOUSE''
2009
49:31

1/Intro/Turning Off
Pete Brasino/8:12
2/Cold Shot
Wesley Clark / Michael Kindrid/8:22
3/You Shook Me
Willie Dixon / J.B. Lenoir/8:53
4/Going Down
Don Nix/5:35
5/Hey Joe
Billy Roberts/7:55
6/Voodoo Child
Jimi Hendrix/10:34

REVIEW
by Evan Cater
Burning Bridges is a pretty apt title for Guitar Pete's incendiary solo debut. The artist keeps his namesake instrument blazing throughout the record, which essentially amounts to 43 minutes of gloriously shameless showboating. Pete is not a particularly talented vocalist; his booming, throaty bass is well-suited to the blues, but it would hardly earn him a recording deal on its own. On some tracks, he seems to give up entirely on the idea of singing, resorting instead to shouting the words rhythmically. Two of the album's best tracks ("J.B. Shuffle" and "Chillin'") are instrumental tunes that allow the guitar to wail for itself in a smoldering tizzy of dexterous showmanship. The album's sound is remarkably three dimensional for a three-piece band (Guitar Pete is joined by Anthony Bernardo on drums and Marc B. Gilman on bass guitar) playing a series of more or less run-of-the-mill Chicago-style blues songs. That's because Pete's fretwork is so dense and multi-faceted, letting more than a little '70s jam band influence to crash his ostensibly traditional blues party. This is particularly true in his explosive take on the familiar blues-rock tune "Mustang Sally" and in the smoky rhythm and blues number "Do You Hear the Rain." Burning Bridges is not a brilliant album; it has no pretensions to greatness. It is simply straightforward showmanship and as such it's a pleasure.

BIOGRAPHY
by Evan Cater
Pete Brasino has been playing his rock & roll-flavored brand of blues ever since he was in high school. He began to teach himself to play guitar as a 16-year-old and within six months he had become so proficient with the instrument that his classmates dubbed him Guitar Pete -- the nickname that would become his performing name. Another significant leftover from those early days is his playing style. Because he never had a guitar instructor, the left-handed musician never learned how to string the guitar the way a southpaw traditionally would. Instead, he plays upside down and backwards, holding the guitar lefty but using right-handed fingerings. Brasino's early heavy metal albums, released under the name Guitar Pete's Axe Attack, were not commercial successes, but they caught the attention of high-profile music industry professionals and eventually led to a 1994 recording deal for Brasino's band, Snakeyed Sue. The band's first record was produced by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiro, producers whose resumes included work with Blues Traveler, Guns N' Roses, and Aretha Franklin. Snakeyed Sue dissolved shortly after the album's release, but four years later, Guitar Pete returned with a solo effort Burning Bridges that provided a showcase for his powerhouse blues sound.

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6178 - GUITAR PETE - Rare Tracks (2013)

GUITAR PETE
''RARE TRACKS''
NOVEMBER 1 2013
52:46

1. Axecaliber Radio Id/0:46
2. Mudslinger (Version #56)/4:31
3. Fire and Rain (Version #13)/5:10
4. Ashes & Sunshine/3:47
5. A Lotta Nerve/8:11
6. Grooveyard Boogie/3:12
7. Lucky Me (Version #69)/4:50
8. Snakebitten/2:57
9. Bad Mood/6:08
10. Swamp Thing/8:03
11. The Stranger/5:10

ALBUM NOTES
BY CDBABY
A collection of rare unreleased tracks & jams recorded through the years
by this way-kool, bad-ass, killer blues/rock axeripper from New Your City.
Includes 11 tracks of raw, muscular, in-your-face, six string rock with a
Leslie West meets Hendrix meets Billy Gibbons vibe. Dig deep and smell
the serious blues-based, ball bustin', ass kickin', retro-70s heavy guitar
rock riffage & six string mojo on the GUITAR PETE: "Rare Tracks" disc.

BIOGRAPHY
by Evan Cater
Pete Brasino has been playing his rock & roll-flavored brand of blues ever since he was in high school. He began to teach himself to play guitar as a 16-year-old and within six months he had become so proficient with the instrument that his classmates dubbed him Guitar Pete -- the nickname that would become his performing name. Another significant leftover from those early days is his playing style. Because he never had a guitar instructor, the left-handed musician never learned how to string the guitar the way a southpaw traditionally would. Instead, he plays upside down and backwards, holding the guitar lefty but using right-handed fingerings. Brasino's early heavy metal albums, released under the name Guitar Pete's Axe Attack, were not commercial successes, but they caught the attention of high-profile music industry professionals and eventually led to a 1994 recording deal for Brasino's band, Snakeyed Sue. The band's first record was produced by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiro, producers whose resumes included work with Blues Traveler, Guns N' Roses, and Aretha Franklin. Snakeyed Sue dissolved shortly after the album's release, but four years later, Guitar Pete returned with a solo effort Burning Bridges that provided a showcase for his powerhouse blues sound.

6177 - GUITAR PETE - Bad Intentions (2013)

GUITAR PETE
''BAD INTENTIONS''
NOVEMBER 1 2013
61:57

1. Bad Intentions/6:48
2. Creepin'/9:13
3. Goin' Down to Mexico/5:23
4. Crawlin' Back/6:04
5. Snake Pit/6:09
6. Marked Man/7:56
7. Warning/7:33
8. Poppa's Hideaway/3:42
9. Wasted/9:04

Guitar Pete Brasino/Guitars, Vocals
Mitch Haft/Bass
Anthony Bernardo/Drums

ALBUM NOTES
BY CDBABY
Killer new studio disc by this bad-ass blues/rock axeripper from N.Y.C.
featuring 9 tracks (62 mins.) of brain-damaging, retro-70s, blues-based
heavy guitar power trio riffage complete with extended, over-the-top,
face-melting, lead guitar jams that rock the blues with raw, wild abandon.
Guitar Pete Brasino is a relentless lead guitar animal who destroys and
devours everything in his path. The man is a fearless guitar warrior on a
"world domination" mission to Keep the Rock alive, wielding a fierce
six string weapon of mass destruction on the "Bad Intentions" disc.

BIOGRAPHY
by Evan Cater
Pete Brasino has been playing his rock & roll-flavored brand of blues ever since he was in high school. He began to teach himself to play guitar as a 16-year-old and within six months he had become so proficient with the instrument that his classmates dubbed him Guitar Pete -- the nickname that would become his performing name. Another significant leftover from those early days is his playing style. Because he never had a guitar instructor, the left-handed musician never learned how to string the guitar the way a southpaw traditionally would. Instead, he plays upside down and backwards, holding the guitar lefty but using right-handed fingerings. Brasino's early heavy metal albums, released under the name Guitar Pete's Axe Attack, were not commercial successes, but they caught the attention of high-profile music industry professionals and eventually led to a 1994 recording deal for Brasino's band, Snakeyed Sue. The band's first record was produced by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiro, producers whose resumes included work with Blues Traveler, Guns N' Roses, and Aretha Franklin. Snakeyed Sue dissolved shortly after the album's release, but four years later, Guitar Pete returned with a solo effort Burning Bridges that provided a showcase for his powerhouse blues sound.

4740 - GUITAR PETE - Raw Deal (2011)

GUITAR PETE
''RAW DEAL''
OCTOBER 28 2011
55:47

1. Raw Deal/8:22
2. Battle Cry/5:39
3. All Fired Up/5:30
4. Gimme Back My Bullets/6:15
5. Born to Lose/5:35
6. Too Far Gone/5:11
7. Dead and Gone/5:43
8. Mudslinger/4:12
9. Love Me or I'll Kill You/9:19

REVIEW
by Evan Cater
Burning Bridges is a pretty apt title for Guitar Pete's incendiary solo debut. The artist keeps his namesake instrument blazing throughout the record, which essentially amounts to 43 minutes of gloriously shameless showboating. Pete is not a particularly talented vocalist; his booming, throaty bass is well-suited to the blues, but it would hardly earn him a recording deal on its own. On some tracks, he seems to give up entirely on the idea of singing, resorting instead to shouting the words rhythmically. Two of the album's best tracks ("J.B. Shuffle" and "Chillin'") are instrumental tunes that allow the guitar to wail for itself in a smoldering tizzy of dexterous showmanship. The album's sound is remarkably three dimensional for a three-piece band (Guitar Pete is joined by Anthony Bernardo on drums and Marc B. Gilman on bass guitar) playing a series of more or less run-of-the-mill Chicago-style blues songs. That's because Pete's fretwork is so dense and multi-faceted, letting more than a little '70s jam band influence to crash his ostensibly traditional blues party. This is particularly true in his explosive take on the familiar blues-rock tune "Mustang Sally" and in the smoky rhythm and blues number "Do You Hear the Rain." Burning Bridges is not a brilliant album; it has no pretensions to greatness. It is simply straightforward showmanship and as such it's a pleasure.

BIOGRAPHY
by Evan Cater
Pete Brasino has been playing his rock & roll-flavored brand of blues ever since he was in high school. He began to teach himself to play guitar as a 16-year-old and within six months he had become so proficient with the instrument that his classmates dubbed him Guitar Pete -- the nickname that would become his performing name. Another significant leftover from those early days is his playing style. Because he never had a guitar instructor, the left-handed musician never learned how to string the guitar the way a southpaw traditionally would. Instead, he plays upside down and backwards, holding the guitar lefty but using right-handed fingerings. Brasino's early heavy metal albums, released under the name Guitar Pete's Axe Attack, were not commercial successes, but they caught the attention of high-profile music industry professionals and eventually led to a 1994 recording deal for Brasino's band, Snakeyed Sue. The band's first record was produced by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiro, producers whose resumes included work with Blues Traveler, Guns N' Roses, and Aretha Franklin. Snakeyed Sue dissolved shortly after the album's release, but four years later, Guitar Pete returned with a solo effort Burning Bridges that provided a showcase for his powerhouse blues sound.
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4739 - GUITAR PETE Live At The Blues Warehouse (2009)

GUITAR PETE
''LIVE AT THE BLUES WAREHOUSE''
2009
49:31

1/Intro/Turning Off
Pete Brasino/8:12
2/Cold Shot
Wesley Clark / Michael Kindrid/8:22
3/You Shook Me
Willie Dixon / J.B. Lenoir/8:53
4/Going Down
Don Nix/5:35
5/Hey Joe
Billy Roberts/7:55
6/Voodoo Child
Jimi Hendrix/10:34

REVIEW
by Evan Cater
Burning Bridges is a pretty apt title for Guitar Pete's incendiary solo debut. The artist keeps his namesake instrument blazing throughout the record, which essentially amounts to 43 minutes of gloriously shameless showboating. Pete is not a particularly talented vocalist; his booming, throaty bass is well-suited to the blues, but it would hardly earn him a recording deal on its own. On some tracks, he seems to give up entirely on the idea of singing, resorting instead to shouting the words rhythmically. Two of the album's best tracks ("J.B. Shuffle" and "Chillin'") are instrumental tunes that allow the guitar to wail for itself in a smoldering tizzy of dexterous showmanship. The album's sound is remarkably three dimensional for a three-piece band (Guitar Pete is joined by Anthony Bernardo on drums and Marc B. Gilman on bass guitar) playing a series of more or less run-of-the-mill Chicago-style blues songs. That's because Pete's fretwork is so dense and multi-faceted, letting more than a little '70s jam band influence to crash his ostensibly traditional blues party. This is particularly true in his explosive take on the familiar blues-rock tune "Mustang Sally" and in the smoky rhythm and blues number "Do You Hear the Rain." Burning Bridges is not a brilliant album; it has no pretensions to greatness. It is simply straightforward showmanship and as such it's a pleasure.

BIOGRAPHY
by Evan Cater
Pete Brasino has been playing his rock & roll-flavored brand of blues ever since he was in high school. He began to teach himself to play guitar as a 16-year-old and within six months he had become so proficient with the instrument that his classmates dubbed him Guitar Pete -- the nickname that would become his performing name. Another significant leftover from those early days is his playing style. Because he never had a guitar instructor, the left-handed musician never learned how to string the guitar the way a southpaw traditionally would. Instead, he plays upside down and backwards, holding the guitar lefty but using right-handed fingerings. Brasino's early heavy metal albums, released under the name Guitar Pete's Axe Attack, were not commercial successes, but they caught the attention of high-profile music industry professionals and eventually led to a 1994 recording deal for Brasino's band, Snakeyed Sue. The band's first record was produced by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiro, producers whose resumes included work with Blues Traveler, Guns N' Roses, and Aretha Franklin. Snakeyed Sue dissolved shortly after the album's release, but four years later, Guitar Pete returned with a solo effort Burning Bridges that provided a showcase for his powerhouse blues sound.
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4738 - GUITAR PETE - Burning Bridges (1998)

GUITAR PETE
''BURNING BRIDGES''
OCTOBER 6 1998
43:26

1/Turnin' Off
Guitar Pete/3:46
2/Jellyfish
Guitar Pete/2:44
3/Mustang Sally
Bonny "Mack" Rice / Sir Mack Rice/3:42
4/Do You Hear the Rain
Guitar Pete/5:43
5/J.B. Shuffle
Guitar Pete/3:43
6/Drifting
Guitar Pete/4:28
7/Makes No Sense
Guitar Pete/6:24
8/Chillin'
Guitar Pete/4:04
9/Rainmaker
Anthony Bernardo/2:58
10/Gasoline
Guitar Pete/5:54

Ray Arias /Bass
Anthony Bernardo /Drums, Percussion
Diane Cameron /Vocals (Background)
Charlie Giordano /Keyboards
Guitar Pete /Guitar, Producer, Vocals
Rich Johnson /Harp
Deborah McGriff /Vocals (Background)

REVIEW
by Evan Cater
Burning Bridges is a pretty apt title for Guitar Pete's incendiary solo debut. The artist keeps his namesake instrument blazing throughout the record, which essentially amounts to 43 minutes of gloriously shameless showboating. Pete is not a particularly talented vocalist; his booming, throaty bass is well-suited to the blues, but it would hardly earn him a recording deal on its own. On some tracks, he seems to give up entirely on the idea of singing, resorting instead to shouting the words rhythmically. Two of the album's best tracks ("J.B. Shuffle" and "Chillin'") are instrumental tunes that allow the guitar to wail for itself in a smoldering tizzy of dexterous showmanship. The album's sound is remarkably three dimensional for a three-piece band (Guitar Pete is joined by Anthony Bernardo on drums and Marc B. Gilman on bass guitar) playing a series of more or less run-of-the-mill Chicago-style blues songs. That's because Pete's fretwork is so dense and multi-faceted, letting more than a little '70s jam band influence to crash his ostensibly traditional blues party. This is particularly true in his explosive take on the familiar blues-rock tune "Mustang Sally" and in the smoky rhythm and blues number "Do You Hear the Rain." Burning Bridges is not a brilliant album; it has no pretensions to greatness. It is simply straightforward showmanship and as such it's a pleasure.

BIOGRAPHY
by Evan Cater
Pete Brasino has been playing his rock & roll-flavored brand of blues ever since he was in high school. He began to teach himself to play guitar as a 16-year-old and within six months he had become so proficient with the instrument that his classmates dubbed him Guitar Pete -- the nickname that would become his performing name. Another significant leftover from those early days is his playing style. Because he never had a guitar instructor, the left-handed musician never learned how to string the guitar the way a southpaw traditionally would. Instead, he plays upside down and backwards, holding the guitar lefty but using right-handed fingerings. Brasino's early heavy metal albums, released under the name Guitar Pete's Axe Attack, were not commercial successes, but they caught the attention of high-profile music industry professionals and eventually led to a 1994 recording deal for Brasino's band, Snakeyed Sue. The band's first record was produced by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiro, producers whose resumes included work with Blues Traveler, Guns N' Roses, and Aretha Franklin. Snakeyed Sue dissolved shortly after the album's release, but four years later, Guitar Pete returned with a solo effort Burning Bridges that provided a showcase for his powerhouse blues sound.
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3010 - GUITAR PETE - Mean Streets (2008) (By Request)

GUITAR PETE
''MEAN STREETS''
OCTOBER 18 2008
55:18

1. Fire and Rain/5:36
2. Lipstick & Gasoline/4:29
3. Found Guilty/6:45
4. One Foot in the Grave/5:03
5. Slugger's Row/5:35
6. One Sunny Day/4:01
7. Rock Bottom/3:56
8. A Long Way Down/4:14
9. Lucky Me/5:03
10. Shattered Paradise/10:36

BIOGRAPHY
by Evan Cater
Pete Brasino has been playing his rock & roll-flavored brand of blues ever since he was in high school. He began to teach himself to play guitar as a 16-year-old and within six months he had become so proficient with the instrument that his classmates dubbed him Guitar Pete -- the nickname that would become his performing name. Another significant leftover from those early days is his playing style. Because he never had a guitar instructor, the left-handed musician never learned how to string the guitar the way a southpaw traditionally would. Instead, he plays upside down and backwards, holding the guitar lefty but using right-handed fingerings. Brasino's early heavy metal albums, released under the name Guitar Pete's Axe Attack, were not commercial successes, but they caught the attention of high-profile music industry professionals and eventually led to a 1994 recording deal for Brasino's band, Snakeyed Sue. The band's first record was produced by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiro, producers whose resumes included work with Blues Traveler, Guns N' Roses, and Aretha Franklin. Snakeyed Sue dissolved shortly after the album's release, but four years later, Guitar Pete returned with a solo effort Burning Bridges that provided a showcase for his powerhouse blues sound.

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